Bon Jovi's Latest Album Now Owns The Record For The Biggest Drop From No. 1

Last week, rock legends Bon Jovi surprised many people by reclaiming the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with their most recent album This House is Not For Sale. It’s not necessarily strange to see the band, which remains one of the most popular in America even today, at the top of the all-genre albums listing, but the fact that they were able to return to the chart and rise all the way back to the peak with an album that was a year and a half old was certainly impressive, even if it required employing some trickery.

Now, just one week after This House is Not For Sale was performing better than any other title in the U.S., it’s about to fall off the Billboard 200 entirely, and it has made somewhat unfortunate history because of the odd situation it's in.

This House is Not For Sale now holds the record for the biggest drop from No. 1 of all time on the Billboard 200, as it fell from the peak all the way to No. 169. Slipping 168 spots in one week is unheard of, especially for a collection popular and powerful enough to be in charge just days before.

Bon Jovi have pushed fellow rockers Brand New out of the top spot (if it can even be called the “top spot”) on the list of the greatest tumbles from the highest of heights on the Billboard 200. The alternative group’s 2017 album Science Fiction slipped from the uppermost position on the chart all the way to No. 97, which was, until now, the worst second-week showing by a wide margin.

This House is Not For Sale also experienced a history-making slide from the top spot when it first arrived on the Billboard 200 back in late 2016. The title debuted at the peak, and then immediately tumbled to No. 43, which at the time set the record for the farthest fall from the top. Until last year, This House is Not For Sale was the only album in history to rule one frame and disappear from the Top 40 entirely the next. Now, Bon Jovi’s latest owns the distinction of being the only record to fall out of the top 100 in the week following chart domination.